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Election of 1860
Lincolns Vitory in the election
Cause: Lincoln beat all his rivals by gettign all the Northern states to vate for him none of the southern states voted with him
Effect: Southern states started succeding -
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Civil War
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Attack on Fort Sumter
South attacked the last fort in the Union
Cause: When the confederacy was established they took over Union buildings and stuff
Effect: Fort Sumter fell but provoked Lincoln to inlist more men the Union Army -
Bull Run
First Batlle of the Civil War
Cause: Met by chance
Effect: Northern Army defeated, Confederates went home thining it was over -
Battle of Shiloh
40000 Confederates attacked Northen line by Pittsburg Landing by the Tennessee River
Cause: Confederates wanted to surprise Grant who was the Union General
Affect:Confederates retreated after 2 days of battle -
Battle of Antietam
Singlest bloodiest day in American history
Cause: Union Scout was exploring a meadow which he came across Confedarate camp in which he found a copy of General Lee and General StoneWall Jackson.
Effect: Gave huge advantage to the North and fired McClellan -
Emancipation Proclamation
Freed all slaves in the South
Cause: To land major blow to south because slave labor produced food and fortification for the South
Effect: Many African Americans joined the Union army -
Massachusetts 54th Established
First legit African American Regiment
Cause; Governor of Massachusetts John A Andrew authorized the regiment
Effect: Many people disagreed on a colored regiment -
Battle of Chancesllorvilles
6 day battle in which the south was winning
Cause: South was low in supplies so they wanted to push North, they thought they could tip the political scale in the North
Effect: South lost one of their best Generals and the attack north was a failure -
Battle of Vicksburg
The take over of the last 2 ports in the confederacy
Cause: Ulysses S Grant decided to destroy train line to the south to distract the South from noticing him taking over the ports and the second prot was taken over shortly
Effect: Split the confederacy in half -
Battle of Gettysburg Day 1
Unexpected bloody battle
Cause: Confederates were looking for shoes
Effect: They ran into union soldiers -
Battle of Gettysburg Day 2
Battle between 90000 Union Soldiers and 75000 Confederates
Cause: Union defenses kept retreating and charging armed with bayonets
Effect; Union won that day -
Battle of gettysburg Day 3
Third battle at Gettysburg
Cause: Lee wanted to gve one last try in breaking the Union defense
Affects: Confederates failed and gave up hopes on invading the North and retreated -
Assault on Fort Wagner
54 Massachussettes regiment tried to take over Fort Wagner.
Cause: They wanted to prove that a black regiment could fight as well as a w white one.
Effect: Attack was unsuccessfull -
Battle of Petersburg
Place where North kept attacking
Cause: Grant and Sherman wanted total war so they attacked South
Effect: Grant lost 60000 men and Lee lost 32000 men -
Shermans March to the Sea
Union Military defied the rules of war and started doing total war
Cause: Grant and Sherman thought if they did that they would demoralize the southern states
Effect: Whole Cities burned to the ground and many civilians killed -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
Confderacy Surrenders
Cause: Confederacy surrenders
Effect: Civil War over -
Lincoln Assassination
First assassination of US president
Cause: John W Booth wanted to advenge the south
Effect: More than a third of people in the union attended his funeral and all African Americans were worried because the man who freed them was now dead
